Read "Digital Dirt" Can Haunt Your Job Search
"Most employers nowadays hop on Google to search a name as a preliminary step, either before or right after the interview," says Monique Tatum
35% of employers said that what they found caused them not to hire a candidate.
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What is your online identity?
Take a look at Digital DossierHow can you find your own digital footprints?
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Google yourself
Read "Digital Dirt" Can Haunt Your Job Search"Most employers nowadays hop on Google to search a name as a preliminary step, either before or right after the interview," says Monique Tatum
35% of employers said that what they found caused them not to hire a candidate.
Try out MIT's Personas Project
Personas: How does the Internet see you?Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, recently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media LabIt uses sophisticated natural language processing and the Internet to create a data portrait of one's aggregated online identity. In short, Personas shows you how the Internet sees you.
What's Hiding Online?
Are there pieces of your online identity that you're not aware of?Some suggest there is a digital identity divide. See this illustration.
What about Bullying?
Watch this PSA about cyperbullyingHow can you protect your online reputation?
Watch Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English
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